After the release of “An Inconvenient Truth,” Al Gore was at the center of jokes and parodies concerning global warming. In May 2006 Gore starred in the opening skit on “Saturday Night Live,” joking about how his last six years as “president” have changed the world for the best.
The anti-Republican – or anti-Bush – sentiment nationwide was not strong enough to penetrate the California Gubernatorial election in which Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, as predicted, easily defeated Democratic opponent Phil Angelides on Tuesday.
Last Friday, U.S. District Judge Garland Burrell denied a request from a group of Mendocino County women who wanted the go-ahead and bear their goods on the steps of the state Capitol as part of their anti-war, anti-election protest.
I was glued to the T.V. for most of the night this past Tuesday. It was election night, an event that for people like me tends to be more exciting than the Super Bowl, the World Series, and the World and Stanley Cups combined.